Buttonhole-fly for shoes.



H. F'. BUBIER.

` BUTTONHOLE FLY FOR SHOES. APPLICAUONHLEDMARJ.1913.

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HOWARD' E. -EUE1EE, OE LYNN, iviASsAcHUSETTs, ASSIGNOE TO THE SINGER MANU'- EAOTUEING COMPANY, A COEPOEATIONOE NEW JERSEY.

EUTTONnOLE-EEY EOE SHOES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Application led March 7, 1913. -Serial No. 752,547.

To all whom if may concern: i

Be it known that I, HOWARD F. BUBiEu, acitizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the count-y of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttonhole- Flies f or Shoes, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. v

'My invention relates tO a "buttonhole fly for shoes, andwill be understood by reference tothe following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings ylFigure l is a view of the front Or face blank wit-h one edge skived; Fig. '2, a perspective View of a portion'of the completed parts separated at one end;

and -F ig. 3 a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, on the plane'of the line 3--3 of Fig.- 2.

Similar reference numerals-indicate similar parts in the several views.

Myimproved iy comprises a front piece 1, a -back or lining 2, these two 4parts being preferablyof leather, and an intermediate 'reinforcing tape 3, and is made in the following manner. The front piece is cut with a suitable templet and the edge -l thereof skived to .avoid a too greatthickness along the edge when turned over.- The reinforcing tape 3 is -then stitched to the front one edge of thefta'pe being laid in proximity tol the edge'of the front piece. This work is done on a single needle ma,-

'chine having an attachment by which the skived edge .el is turned under uponl itself in advance of .the stitching and the tape fastened down upon the turned under edge by the'inner line of stitches 5. The tape serves to give the proper hold or firmness to .the buttonhole. The back or lining 2 is then stitched to the front piece, over the tape, by the Outer line Of stitches 6, which stitches front piece by a lie beyond the outer edge of the tape. rI`he outer edge of the back is trimmed during the stitching operation. The buttonholes T are then cutand stitched on anysuitable machine, the buttonhole stitches serving as additional means to secure the parts of the fiy together. i y

It has beenl the practice heretofore to make' buttonhole flies by pasting the turnedover skived edge with rubber cement and then allowing'the cement to dry before stitching the reinforcing tape. This practice has many disadvantages including the cost of the cement, the danger attendant upon its use as itis inflammable, the labor required for the work of pasting, the delay in'allowing the cement to dry, and Athe difliculty of stitching through the cement as it sticks to the needle and fills the eye. I have done away entirely with the use vof cement thus materially reducing the cost of making the fly and obviating all of the. disadvantages resulting from the use of cement. Moreover, the bead formed by turning over the skived edge of the front piece presents a better appearance than when cement is used.

I-Iaving thus set forth the nature of the invention, what I claim herein is As an article of-manufacture a buttonhole fly for shoes comprising a front piece having one4 edge turned under upon itself to form a bead, a reinforcingtape overlying the turned under edge and secured to said front piece b v a line of stitches, and a back piece overlying the tape and secured to the line of stitches bevond the outer edge of the tape.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence OfA two subscribing witnesses.

- HOWARD F. BUBIER. IVitnesses IVILLIAM A. COPELAND, VALICE H. MORRISON. 

